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DR. A. GUNTHER ON ANIMALS FROM ANGOLA. [June 20, 



11. Notes on a small Collection brought by Lieut. L. Cameron, 

 C.B., from Angola. By Dr. Albert Gunther, V.P.Z.S. 



[Received June 20, 1876.] 



The species enumerated in the following notes were obtained by 

 Lieut. Cameron during his recent remarkable journey across Africa, 

 and have been deposited in the British Museum. 



Mammalia. 



Galago maholi (Smith). 



Reptilia. 



An Amphisbaenian, represented by a single example, proves to be- 

 long to an uudescribed species of Phractogonus, a genus representing 

 in Africa the South-American Cephalopeltis. 



Phractogonus scalper, sp. n. 



Anterior margin of the nasal extremity hard and sharp. Of the two 

 large plates which cover the upperside of the head, the posterior is 

 longer than the anterior, and not quite so long as broad, bordered be- 

 hind by two pairs of rather narrow scutes. Nostrils in the anterior 

 portion of an elongate nasal ; the nasals separated by a broad median 



Head of Phractogonus scalper. 



upper labial. Three upper labials on each side, of which the two 

 anterior are very narrow, linear, the hindmost being much broader. 

 Lower lip covered by a mental, and on each side by two short small 

 anterior and one very large posterior labial. Ocular very small, the eye 

 being not or scarcely visible. Three pairs of elongate thoracic shields, 

 of which the central pair is preceded by a pair of rhombic scutes of 

 moderate size. Prseanal pores none. Sixteen longitudinal series of 

 acutes along the dorsal half, and fourteen along the ventral half of 

 the body ; the median ventral scutes are much broader than the 



